NHTSA Complaint #10127488 — 1997 BUICK LESABRE

DT: CONSUMER STATES THAT ON JULY 1, 2005 VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND HE THOUGHT THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. WHEN HE TRIED TO GET A JUMP AND START IT THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD BACKFIRE NOISE. AT THAT POINT, HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR MAN, AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS RECALL 96V116000. HE WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ASKED ABOUT THE RECALL, DEALERSHIP THEN CHECKED WITH GENERAL MOTORS, AND WAS TOLD THE RECALL WAS FOR CANADA., AND BECAUSE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN THE U.S. IT WOULD NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. CONSUMER THEN CALLED BUICK AND WAS TOLD THE SAME INFORMATION. *AK